Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a press conference in Istanbul on October 23, 2020 -
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan fiercely criticized the attitude of his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron towards Muslims on Saturday.
"All that can be said of a head of state who treats millions of members of different religious communities in this way is: go for mental health examinations first," said the Turkish president , in a televised speech.
Two weeks ago, Recep Tayyip Erdogan denounced as a provocation the declarations of the French president on “Islamist separatism” and the need to “structure Islam” in France.
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A bill on the fight against "separatism" in France, which targets radical Islam, must be presented in early December.
It aims to strengthen secularism and consolidate republican principles in France and includes several points likely to provoke tensions with Turkey, such as the reinforced control of mosque funding or the ban on the training of imams abroad.
This dispute comes on top of a long list of disagreements between Emmanuel Macron and his Turkish counterpart, who regularly defends Muslim minorities around the world.
Tensions in the Mediterranean to the conflict in Libya, through the clashes in Karabakh, many issues currently oppose Paris and Ankara.
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